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Impact tracking: a practitioner-developed approach to scaling agricultural innovation in Ethiopia

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Title Impact tracking: a practitioner-developed approach to scaling agricultural innovation in Ethiopia
 
Creator Child, K.
Desta, G.
Douthwaite, B.
Haileslassie, Amare
van Rooyen, A.
Tamene, Lulseged D.
Uhlenbrook, Stefan
 
Subject agricultural innovation
scaling
impact assessment
agricultural research for development
project evaluation
policies
research programmes
funding
partnerships
community involvement
watershed management
irrigation equipment
taxes
landscape
data management
stakeholders
collaboration
case studies
innovation scaling
 
Description This paper argues for more creativity and flexibility in agricultural research for development (AR4D) scaling and impact evaluation in complex contexts. While acknowledging the importance of setting reasonable end-of-project targets and outcomes, we argue that the achievement of outcomes and impacts, particularly in complex contexts, requires adaptive management and acknowledgment that significant positive outcomes and impacts may occur after the project funding cycle is complete. The paper presents a practitioner-developed approach to scaling AR4D innovations called Impact Tracking (IT). We illustrate IT in practice by presenting three case studies from Ethiopia in which IT proved crucial to achieving impact. The paper concludes by drawing lessons from the case studies and discussing what implications IT may have for development practitioners.
 
Date 2021-11-15
2021-11-15T07:03:29Z
2021-11-15T07:03:29Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Child, K.; Desta, G.; Douthwaite, B.; Haileslassie, Amare; van Rooyen, A.; Tamene, L.; Uhlenbrook, Stefan. 2021. Impact tracking: a practitioner-developed approach to scaling agricultural innovation in Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 28p. (WLE Legacy Series 1) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2021.226]
978-92-9090-929-3
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116070
https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/wle/legacy/wle_legacy_series-1.pdf
https://doi.org/10.5337/2021.226
Land and water Solutions
H050789
 
Language en
 
Relation WLE Legacy Series 1
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 28p.
 
Publisher International Water Management Institute (IWMI)